Neerav Bhatt's blog: electric Australian transportation & sustainable homes
I was listening to some electric car and renewable energy evangelists recently and I agreed with what they said. That was until they started demonising petrol stations and saying you shouldn’t use their electric car chargers. I understand why... Read More
Electric car owner and electric car renter members of NRMA, RACV, RACQ, RAC, RACT, RAA and AANT can save 20% when recharging at many ChargeFox ultra fast 350kw or 50kW chargers. Obviously there is a cost to joining these car clubs so you have to... Read More
I recently drove a Hertz Australia Polestar 2 electric car around Melbourne and towards the Yarra Valley. The following are some of my notes about the experience. Disclaimer: The rental was organised by Hertz PR. Evie charging stations were free for... Read More
During my recent experience with a Hertz Polestar 2 electric hire car in and around Melbourne it was clear that there needs to be a lot more public electric car charging sites to give buyers the confidence they can charge whenever and wherever they... Read More
The Polestar 2 single motor model is rated to use 17.9kWh/100km but I managed to achieve 18% less @ 14.7kWh/100km. Let me know if you’ve done better! 14.7kWh is a consistent average from my recent 6 days hire of a Polestar 2 single motor electric... Read More
Electric car recharging is different to refuelling a petrol car because when your car battery is nearly empty it charges fast and when it’s mostly full it charges slowly. We asked an MG Australia spokesperson to explain: “Like most other... Read More
I did a test drive of the Polestar 2 electric car today and my thoughts about it are below. The staff at the showroom were friendly, knowledgeable and not pushy about your buying intentions. Which is good because this car is priced at a level out of my... Read More
You might think that fully charging your electric car 100% every single time is a good idea but it’s not for several reasons including because you would lose out on the benefits of regenerative braking. If you don’t know what regenerative... Read More
EV Direct (the Australian distributor for BYD electric cars in Australia) has confirmed to The Driven Podcast that of the roughly 4500 pre-orders they’ve received for the Atto 3, nine out of ten have purchased the extended range model. Known as... Read More
If you want a city runabout electric car but have been put off by the price of EV’s in Australia you might want to checkout Tassie startup Good Car Company. These three guys started off importing relatively new Japanese and British second hand... Read More